The next morning, when the rain stopped, the sky was still gray, as if it could fall ashes at any time.
Before daybreak, Xiao Liu went to the kitchen to make breakfast. By daybreak, she had already placed porridge and vegetables on the table. She went to knock on Yisheng Lin's door first, and they soon opened. Yisheng Lin came out with a pale face. Maybe his eyes were too gloomy, and she could not help but step back.
"I've made breakfast. Shall I ask the Miss Lin to get up?" Xiao Liu hesitated for a moment and added, "And the man in Miss Lin's room, does he want to eat too?"
"They have gone." Yisheng Lin walked out of the room, and his eyes fell on the door of Mengying Lin. He was choked, but he firmly said, "Let her sleep for a while, let's eat."
Yisheng Lin came to the dining room, sat down and started to eat gruel. He ate three bowls of porridge in one breath. When he wanted the fourth bowl, Xiao Liu stopped his hand. "You eat so much for a meal. Be careful of your stomach ache."
"How can I grow up quickly without eating more?" Yisheng Lin clapped Xiao Liu's hand and filled himself with a bowl.
Xiao Liu stared at him, but couldn't stop him. She could only look to Mengying Lin's room for help. Unfortunately, the door of the room was closed and there was no sound in it.
At noon, Mengying Lin finally got up. She seemed to feel cold. Today, she even wrapped up in a thick padded jacket. In addition to her face, she still showed outside. She wrapped herself tightly.
"Sister" Yisheng Lin was stepping in the yard. Seeing Mengying Lin coming out, he ran to her right away.
Mengying Lin arranged his clothes and looked at the yard. "Why didn't see Xiao Liu?"
"I asked her to buy chickens." Yisheng Lin said.
"Do you want to eat chicken?" Mengying Lin sat down on the small stool in the yard with him.
Yisheng Lin shook his head, came to her behind, pressed her shoulder, "Chicken soup tonic body, chicken is used to cook soup for you to drink."
For a moment, Mengying Lin's eyes moistened. If it was her purgatory last night, at this moment, she was lucky to see the light of hope from the purgatory.
"Thank you, Yisheng Lin." Thank you not only for your chicken soup, but also for helping her through the most difficult period.
"Elder sister, don't say thank you to me later. In the future, we will be able to live a good life. One day, we can escape that person." Yisheng Lin's whole body was warm because he had just taken a horse stance. He touched Mengying Lin's hand and found that her hand was cold and sharp. He quickly wrapped her in his small hand.
These days, Yisheng Lin's words were getting more and more. Although he was still cold compared with ordinary children, he was much better than before.
This was also the only thing that Mengying Lin was happy with.
The new life that she thought she could start was lost because of the visit of Liancheng Mo in the middle of the night. She should have knew that the man could not let her go so easily. In response to that sentence, the men always hoped that the red flag would not fall at home, and the colored flag was floating outside. In order to pacify his future imperial concubine, he even placed her outside the house early.
When Xiao Liu came back, she saw Mengying Lin sitting quietly in the yard, as if the person who screamed in pain last night was not her. Xiao Liu wanted to greetings to her, but her lips move, but Yisheng Lin shaked his head. What she wanted to ask was boring in her heart.
Sometimes, the biggest comfort was not to ask for help, but to choose to skip, she did not ask, perhaps, was the biggest concern.
Xiao Liu was a sensible person. After blessing the two people, she went to the kitchen to be busy.
Smoke curled up from the kitchen, everything was as usual, but some things were different in the end.
The only thing that made Mengying Lin happy was that Liancheng Mo didn't come back after that night. If it wasn't too true that the pain was engraved in the soul, even Mengying Lin thought it was just a terrible nightmare.
In a twinkling of an eye, it would be Spring Festival in a few days. The shops on the street were pasted with red couplets. Every night, the peddlers gather their stalls later than they used to. The people who bought Spring Festival's goods often came back full when they were about to go home the night.
The courtyard where Mengying Lin and her three people live was not the main street, but a remote alley. There were several families in the alley. Because it was New Year's Eve, the lanterns in front of each family were lit early, which made the originally black alley bright.
After eating supper, Mengying Lin, with Yisheng and Xiao Liu, sat in the yard and ate melon seeds, but heard someone shouting outside the yard: "Was there anyone at home?"
Mengying Lin looked puzzled. They moved to the courtyard less than half a month ago. Apart from Liancheng Mo, other people were not familiar with it, she signaled to Xiao Liu, who put down the melon seeds and opened the gate.
Outside the door, a slightly fat middle-aged woman with a basket looked into the door. She had a simple smile on her face and followed a boy of six or seven years old.
"I'm Mrs. Li from the next house. It's Spring Festival. I made some Ciba and gave it to the neighbors in the alley." When Mrs. Li spoke, she took a paper bag from the basket and handed it to Xiao Liu.
Xiao Liu looked back at Mengying Lin. Mengying Lin stood up and came to the door with a smile. "Xiao Liu, please take it, thank you Mrs. Li. The child is greedy."
"Never say about this! We are all neighborhood. There are many places to help each other in the future. I'm from the south, and I don't know a few people in Fengqi city. It's all with the help of my neighbors."She was talking, the boy beside her stared at Mengying Lin. She saw him and slapped him on the forehead, "What do you think of staring at people like this, son?"
"Mum, this elder sister looks very good." The little boy spit out his tongue, but still refused to be soft. "You said that this elder sister was a new neighbor, so let's come and see if she looked good. Didn't you say that you would let my brother be his wife?"
The little boy's heartless honest words made Mrs. Li blush immediately. She raised her hand and slapped it on his forehead. "You are Nonsense! How can you said that? I won't take you out later. "
Mrs. Li turned to Mengying Lin again and said, "little sister, don't listen to him, there is nothing. A fairy girl like you is not worthy of my son. But it's not my boasting. I know all the people in the streets around here. There are five or six marriages I have make in the past year. If you haven't had a boy friend yet, I can help you pay attention. Are there any parents in your family?"